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LOCAL | Sex crimes
Local coach indicted for child molestation Anaheim man accused of over 30 counts of sex crimes involving 10 male victims and one female victim, authorities said BRIAN DAY Daily Titan
The trial for a former Fullerton martial arts instructor and soccer coach accused of molesting 10 children and raping a man is scheduled to begin this week, authorities said. Luis Pineda, 31, of Anaheim, was initially arrested in August 2010 and charged with four counts of child molestation involving two 8-year-old boys he met as a soccer coach. Officials said at the time that three additional victims had come forward and more charges were likely. With the trial scheduled to begin Thursday in the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana, Pineda now faces 30 sex crime charges involving 10 male victims and one female victim, said Orange County District Attorney spokeswoman Farrah Emami. SEE COACH, 2
CAMPUS | Extended Education
Garden Grove Campus offers opportunities CSUF operates an extended education campus in Garden Grove for students who work or have been disqualified LOREN MANNING Daily Titan
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A new wave of science
High-powered lasers and other advanced optical devices have to be developed in order to detect gravitational waves from the universe.
Physics center touts new faculty, detection equipment and prestige for science department at CSUF DAVID HOOD Daily Titan
Cal State Fullerton might be considered a large campus to students, but some may be surprised to know that besides having a presence in Irvine, CSUF also has a campus in Garden Grove. CSUF’s Garden Grove Center, located just off the 22 Freeway, is part of the university’s Extended Education program. It was opened in 1998 and provides numerous educational opportunities to working professionals and businesses. The campus is available to students who seek to gain an education with a parttime schedule, although it is not a substitute for the main campus. Drew Michaels, a representative in the Extended Education office, described the Garden Grove Center as “mostly for certificate programs.” “It also has lots of extended education classes as well as degree programs,” Michaels said. Most students are not familiar with the Garden Grove campus, let alone what kind of educational opportunities it offers. SEE CAMPUS, 2
The physics department at Cal State Fullerton opened its doors to a new wave of scientific discoveries with the Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astronomy Center that opened Friday. The center, directed by gravitation expert and assistant physics professor at CSUF, Joshua Smith, has come from the internationally recognized Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) Scientific Collaboration. CSUF became a part of the Scientific Collaboration of LIGO in 2009 with Smith at the helm and the only faculty member funneling students to the observatory. Smith has received about $535,000 in funding for his research in improving detectors for LIGO that are the backbone of the experiments.
LIGO, and now CSUF, will build better high-energy lasers and other optical sensors to detect radiation and other emissions from astronomical phenomena happening all the time all over the universe. “The students at Cal State Fullerton have done an amazing job. They’ve been very productive in research, they’ve gone off and done internships in Korea and all around the world,” said Smith about the students who have grasped the purpose and mission of LIGO. “We’ve gotten a lot of support from the university and from the college (of Natural Sciences and Mathematics)… I think this is the start of the three of us working together with a big group of people on a wide area of physics,” he said. To run the center along with Smith, two new professors have been added to the faculty list of the physics department: Geoffrey Lovelace,
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Caltech scientist Kip Thorne gives a lecture at the opening ceremony.
Ph.D., and Jocelyn Read, Ph.D. Lovelace earned his doctorate from the California Institute of Technology and worked for five years as a research associate at Cornell University prior to his
arrival at CSUF. He specializes in numerical relativity and developing theoretical models for sources of gravitational waves. SEE GRAVITY, 3
LOCAL | Pole dancing
Set a goal, get on the pole Students find an entertaining way of staying in shape and sexy at the same time by implementing pole workouts SUE LAGARDE Daily Titan
The lights were turned down low and the music was pulsing as Roselyn Jhune Manaog made her way toward a 16-foot tall dance pole to perform some tricks. Manaog is not an exotic dancer in a strip club. She’s a 32-year-old Time Warner employee from Cypress, looking to get in a decent workout. “It’s helping me build strength in my arms and my legs,” said Manaog. “I also started to get more confident and using my legs. I’m comfortable now going upside down or holding on with my arms and pulling myself and it’s very helpful to me. It makes me stronger.” On this night, Manaog is among other women of all shapes and sizes attending a level four class at Inversion Dance Studios, a Fullerton dance studio owned by Jenny Shih. Tanya Ridgle, 36, a health physicist for Los Angeles County and Inversion Dance Studios Instructor, believes pole dancing is a new and fun way to work out. “If you’re looking for a new type of workout, if you’re tired of the gym or if you want something different and fun to do, I definitely recommend taking CONTACT US AT DTNEWSDESK@GMAIL.COM
a pole dancing class,” said Ridgle. “You will be surprised at what you find.” According to Ridgle, students typically start in level one at Inversion Dance Studios if they have not had any pole dancing experience. “Level one is basically similar to a body awareness. We do a lot of spins in level one. We do a lot of different walks and floor work where you just get familiar and comfortable with touch your body,” Ridgle said. Linyin Cheng, 26, a civil engineering major from UC Irvine, practices pole dancing as a way to gain muscle strength. “I gain a lot of muscle strength especially in the arms. I really enjoy the spins and all the tricks I can do,” said Cheng. Cheng enjoys the fun workout that pole dancing gives her that she even bought her own portable dance pole. “I actually have a pole at home,” Cheng said. “But when I brought the pole to the apartment my roommate got really, really surprised I had a pole but after I showed her all those tricks she kind of worked out with me after.” Cheng demonstrated a few moves during Ridgle’s level four session later in the evening. She climbed to the top of a pole and, clenching her inner thighs, hung upside down. SEE DANCING, 8
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Looking for an alternative and fun way to work out, a student gets ready to perform a routine in a pole dancing class at Inversion Dance Studios in Fullerton.